The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-06-08

CLOCK.
Notice the new "ad" of Young's "Model
Store" Charley don't mean to be undersold
nor to be behind the times in any respect.
Elder Cover of Lawrence, lost his little
girl on Tuesday of last week with diphtheria
There are no other cases there at present.
The following letters remained uncalled
for in the Paw Paw postoffice for the week
ending June 9th; +. G. Cady, Z. q. Cass.
Edison Woodman will sail for France in q
short time, for the purpose of importing an
addition to his celebrated stock of Norman
horses.
A new sidewalk has been laid along the
east side of the Methodist church. They
say that Elder Tanner is an expert at laying
sidewalks.
Charley Cohn testified that he had been
drinking beer, but that he hadn't had any
too much. Probably he considers too much
as just enough.
Mr.. A. V. Pantlind of the Morton House,
Grand Rapids, formerly a Paw Paw landlord,
and a good one too, spent few days in
town last week.
Those fine strawberries handed to Us by
Mrs. j. II. Prater were first class, not quite
as large as Foote'S Sharpless, but they
crowded them closely.
Every fish pole in town has boy attached
to it nowadays, but it is only occasionally
that we see string of fish with the same
kind of an attachment
Married, on the second instant, by Jas. L.
Burden ESQ., at his residence in Keller, MIR.
Fred Smith to Miss Mile Day, both of
Calvin, Cass Co., Mich.
We were pleased to meet and greet our old
army comrade, Eb. Monroe, who called on
us few days since. He resides in Kalama-
zoo county near Schoolcraft.
Several Paw Paw oddfellows visited their
Lawton brethren last Thursday evening.
Lawton lodge held special and had work in
the second and third degrees.
Vegetation is just booming. The rains
came too late to save the hay crop, especially
clover. Oats and wheat are also materially
injured by the prolonged drouth.
Upwards of thousand dollars is the ad-
ditional sum awarded to Robt. Chapman by
Uncle Sam as a reward for meritorious SER
vice rendered in behalf of his country.
Miss Beulah McCabe is the owner of a
handsome little spotted pony, recently pur-
chased for her by her father. She will do
lots of riding one of these days, we suppose.
The man with the houseplants was on our
streets last Saturday, and from the number
of ladies who were gathered around his
wagon, we conclude he was doing thriving
| business.
Jay advertises Paw Paw enterprise this
week. One of the most enterprising institu-
tions of the town is jays Double Store, and
Jay himself is one of our most enterprising
business men.
Spence Hurlbut OF Detroit was in town
the other day on an attempted visit to his
mother. He requests us TO say that he was
compelled TO put up at the Dyckman
House-as usual.
Avery of the great Star Dry Goods Store,
has something new this week. He is one of
those chaps whose word is as good as their
bond, and when he says he has good bargains
he means just what he says.
On Thursday last, the remains of Mr.. j.
X. Bangs were removed from the Bangs
cemetery to Prospect Hill. Mrs. Bangs de-
sires to thank her many friends for their
kind sympathy and assistance.
The Paw Paw creamery is making about
800 pounds of butter per day, on an average
This is good business SO far as quantity is
concerned but, at the present low prices
there is little or no profit in it.
Co. "C' of the 4th Michigan cavalry, will
hold its 10Th annual reunion at Four Mile
Lake on Wednesday and Thursday, the 18th
and 10th instants. A large attendance of its
members is confidently anticipated.
No services were held at the Christian
church last Sunday, on account of the alb
sence of the pastor, who was attending dis
trict meeting at Bangor. Quite number o.
the members of his church were with him.
The Spirituaists of southwestern Michi
gan will hold a quarterly meeting at South
Haven on Saturday and Sunday, June 1Stl
Haven and Lyman G. Howe of Fredonia, n
Y, will be the speakers.
Those who saw Mr.. Ed. Darling with hi
head tied up might have thought that he ha'
been engaged in a scrap or that he had beel
playing ball and caught a foul tip under tn
J eye, but such was not the case. 1t wa
inflammation of the eye, caused by erysipelas
/ The Kalamazoo Herald states that there
no saloon at Lawton. 1t is singular wit
what persistence some of our exchanges in
sist that Lawton is a cold water town. Tain
true, as anybody who puts up at the Robin
son House can testify.
We call attention to an article publishe
in another column giving the views of
Stranger with his Eyes Open" with refer
ence to his impressions of our beautiful vi
lage, its surroundings, its capabilities and il
prospects of future development.
G.. A. Cross of Lawrence, has been in tow
canvassing for a novel advertising schem,
beautiful clock, to be kept in the postofiic,
9 The clock is arranged with a mechanical d.
vice that shows different sets of bushes
cards alternately, changing them every fiy
7 minutes.
The Decatur Republican says that fish
erman caught an ell in the Lake of the Wood
, that measured three feet in length. w
3 know of several different kinds of ellis, br
none of them are just thirty-six inches lonl
q The Republican must have meant yard il
stead of an ell.
Highway Commissioner Thayer propose
. that there shall be some graveling done o
4 the roads of the township during the summe
Every rod of road that is we'll graveled is
permanent improvement, while good dei
of highway labor, as it is frequently done,